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The couple, from Burnley, Lancashire, were on the trip with their daughter, Kelly Ormerod, 40, and her three children when tragedy struck.

Dr Maged Eledawy, chief medical officer at Hurghada Hospital, initially said Susan was so overwhelmed by her husband’s death she “died from grief” hours later.

In a statement to Lancashire-based radio station 2BR, Mrs Ormerod said: “As a family we are devastated. Mum and dad meant the world to me and the children, and we are in utter shock over what has happened and what is happening.